Life-saving arsenal updated with new vehicles, gear

2:50 AM,
Dec. 11, 2012

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Water search-and-rescue operations, especially along the at-times treacherous Atchafalaya River, are getting a major upgrade thanks to a roughly $300,000 federal grant.

"With the Atchafalaya River and numerous other waterways running through the parish, our rescue team is kept active either in the water or in the woods conducting rescue missions. This equipment will allow us to be of better assistance to the residents of St. Landry Parish," Sheriff Bobby Guidroz said.

The $331,959 Community Development Block Grant used for the purchases is part of federal hurricane mitigation funds ...